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False positive

A false positive is a term applied to a failure in an alerting system - most commonly in an anti-virus product or intrusion detection system. It occurs when a virus or intrusion condition is incorrectly reported; that is, the alerting systems reports a virus or intrusion condition that does not exist. Too many false positives can be very intrusive.

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